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January 1951 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 15 Jan. New moon: 8 Jan. Full moon: 23 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1950 month 11 into 1950 month 12 · Yang Metal Tiger 庚寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 11:30:22 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 04:52:02 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 January 1951 closes lunar 1950 month 11; lunar 1950 month 12 begins 8 January 1951.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1950
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1951 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/24辛丑Metal Ox211/25壬寅Water Tiger311/26癸卯Water Rabbit411/27甲辰Wood Dragon511/28乙巳Wood Snake611/29丙午Fire HorseMinor Cold11/30丁未Fire Goat812/1戊申Earth MonkeyLunar month opens912/2己酉Earth Rooster1012/3庚戌Metal Dog1112/4辛亥Metal Pig1212/5壬子Water Rat1312/6癸丑Water Ox12/7甲寅Wood Tiger12/8乙卯Wood Rabbit1612/9丙辰Fire Dragon1712/10丁巳Fire Snake1812/11戊午Earth Horse1912/12己未Earth Goat2012/13庚申Metal Monkey12/14辛酉Metal RoosterMajor Cold2212/15壬戌Water DogLunar mid-month2312/16癸亥Water Pig2412/17甲子Wood Rat2512/18乙丑Wood Ox2612/19丙寅Fire Tiger2712/20丁卯Fire Rabbit12/21戊辰Earth Dragon2912/22己巳Earth Snake3012/23庚午Metal Horse3112/24辛未Metal GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1951 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
Boundaries & marked days
What happens in January 1951
- 8 January 1951 — lunar 1950 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1950 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1951 at 11:30:22 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1951 at 04:52:02 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 January 1951 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 January 1951 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 15 January 1951 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.